The term of Indian Ambassador to the US, Navtej Sarna, was extended on Saturday. According to sources, the term of Mr Sarna, a 1980 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, who was supposed to retire November end, has been extended by a year.

There is a great prospect for cooperation between India and the US in the energy sector, the top Indian envoy to Washington has said as he visited the resource-rich Alaska to explore the possibility of importing oil and gas from the state.

India has raised concerns over hate crimes with authorities in the US following three high-profile attacks on Indians in America in the last 10 days. Two of these attacks are being investigated as possible hate crimes that have triggered fears about travel to the country and the safety of the community. The US State Department had expressed condole...

India is and will remain a key partner of America which is going to remain completely focused on improving and strengthening the bilateral ties during the remainder of the Obama administration, the US has said.

Global peace and prosperity can be the outcome of the Indo-US partnership, and co-operation between India and the US will be the defining partnership in the 21st century, Indian Ambassador to the US Arun K Singh has said.

India-US cooperation in governance of mega-cities is part of a whole new paradigm of working together and forming habits of cooperation between the world's two largest democracies, according to the Indian ambassador Arun K Singh.

Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao spoke to students of the University of Florida.
Below is the complete text of her Commencement Address.
It is not usual for me to deliver a commencement address and I am deeply honoured by this opportunity to address all of you who stand on the threshold of your beautiful tomorrows.

The Indian system is fair and best in the world when it comes to acknowledging the contribution of women, India's top diplomat to the US has said.
This is amply demonstrated in the very fact she being a women rose to be the highest position in Indian diplomacy, Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao told students of the University of Florida in ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to meet Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao today to discuss the plight of the Indian students caught in the Tri-Valley University visa fraud.Rao alongwith the Indian Ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, is expected to meet Clinton at the US State Department today.The two Indian diplomats are likely to ...

Reacting to reports that Indian Ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, was patted down by an American security agent at a US airport, Ronen Sen, a former Indian envoy to US, said security screening at airports is applicable to dignitaries from all countries.Sen said such screenings were not new and he too faced similar experiences between 2004 and 20...

India's envoy to Washington, Meera Shankar, is at the centre of a diplomatic storm.On December 4, Ms Shankar who was travelling from the American state of Mississippi to Baltimore in Maryland was pulled out of an airport security line and patted down by an American security official. That despite letting them know her diplomatic status.Reports say ...

The term of Indian Ambassador to the US, Navtej Sarna, was extended on Saturday. According to sources, the term of Mr Sarna, a 1980 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, who was supposed to retire November end, has been extended by a year.

There is a great prospect for cooperation between India and the US in the energy sector, the top Indian envoy to Washington has said as he visited the resource-rich Alaska to explore the possibility of importing oil and gas from the state.

India has raised concerns over hate crimes with authorities in the US following three high-profile attacks on Indians in America in the last 10 days. Two of these attacks are being investigated as possible hate crimes that have triggered fears about travel to the country and the safety of the community. The US State Department had expressed condole...

India is and will remain a key partner of America which is going to remain completely focused on improving and strengthening the bilateral ties during the remainder of the Obama administration, the US has said.

Global peace and prosperity can be the outcome of the Indo-US partnership, and co-operation between India and the US will be the defining partnership in the 21st century, Indian Ambassador to the US Arun K Singh has said.

India-US cooperation in governance of mega-cities is part of a whole new paradigm of working together and forming habits of cooperation between the world's two largest democracies, according to the Indian ambassador Arun K Singh.

Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao spoke to students of the University of Florida.
Below is the complete text of her Commencement Address.
It is not usual for me to deliver a commencement address and I am deeply honoured by this opportunity to address all of you who stand on the threshold of your beautiful tomorrows.

The Indian system is fair and best in the world when it comes to acknowledging the contribution of women, India's top diplomat to the US has said.
This is amply demonstrated in the very fact she being a women rose to be the highest position in Indian diplomacy, Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao told students of the University of Florida in ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to meet Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao today to discuss the plight of the Indian students caught in the Tri-Valley University visa fraud.Rao alongwith the Indian Ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, is expected to meet Clinton at the US State Department today.The two Indian diplomats are likely to ...

Reacting to reports that Indian Ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, was patted down by an American security agent at a US airport, Ronen Sen, a former Indian envoy to US, said security screening at airports is applicable to dignitaries from all countries.Sen said such screenings were not new and he too faced similar experiences between 2004 and 20...

India's envoy to Washington, Meera Shankar, is at the centre of a diplomatic storm.On December 4, Ms Shankar who was travelling from the American state of Mississippi to Baltimore in Maryland was pulled out of an airport security line and patted down by an American security official. That despite letting them know her diplomatic status.Reports say ...